EFI has announced that Distinct Packabilities, a label and flexible packaging manufacturer in Shepherdsville, KY, USA, has completed a new implementation of EFI Radius ERP software. The company is using the enterprise resource planning system’s modular management, scheduling, shop-floor data collection, inventory and accounting tools to optimize production shifts, eliminate errors and maximize profits.

Distinct Packabilities selected EFI Radius after conducting a detailed review of ERP platforms. In the process, David Haley, the company’s general manager, says that Radius offered the best return on investment. “Upgrading our ERP operations was quite challenging. It required making the right investment in terms of time, training and money,” says Haley. “With Radius, we have the full set of analysis tools we need to ensure accurate manufacturing operations, order processing, supply chain management, estimating and scheduling – and our customers benefit by gaining even better service, real-time information and supply-side visibility.

Since going live with Radius in January, Distinct has been able to accurately benchmark throughput for its press lines, comparing projected and actual production times and then using data points collected through the ERP system to determine the cause for any variances. The company has also simplified its accounts receivables operations by consolidating two separate billing systems in Radius’s accounting module.

“Good data is an absolute requirement for any business to succeed, and with the data we are now collecting through Radius, the entire toolbox of business analytics is available to us for the first time as a company,” adds Haley. “Everything from the basic analysis of plant throughput to more complex analyses of costs at job and SKU levels is available to us on demand.”

Now that it is running the core components of its ERP software, Distinct Packabilities is implementing the newest-version of EFI’s Business Intelligence module for Radius, an award-winning program offering customizable reports to accurately track, analyze and predict performance metrics.

“We have enjoyed working with the Distinct Packabilities team. They are an eager group that committed to learning best practices in data-driven management,” says David Taylor, general manager, EFI Radius. “With Radius, the company’s managers are developing best practices in production, administrative, workflow and supply chain management tasks, which significantly strengthens Distinct Packabiliites’ position as one of the most exciting young companies in the flexible packaging industry.”